Pictures: Window on the World 12th July 2012

Thursday 12 Jul 2012 10:08 am

Pictures: Window on the World 12th July 2012

Bendy Bull: Revelers run with bulls from the Victoriano del Rio ranch along Estafeta street on the sixth day of the San Fermin running-of-the-bulls on July 12, 2012 in Pamplona, Spain. Pamplona’s famous Fiesta de San Fermin, which involves the running of the bulls through the historic heart of Pamplona for eight days starting July 7th, was made famous by the 1926 novel of U.S. writer Ernest Hemmingway called ‘The Sun Also Rises.’

(From the left) Max Tomlinson, 9, Lilly Tomlinson, 6, Jamie Marx, 6, Megan Marx, 4 and Dylan Marx, 9, pose with a wax figure of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt at Terminal 5 of Heathrow Airport, which was officially unveiled at the airport before it goes on display at the the attraction in central London on Monday July 23.

People gather at a huge bonfire on the Shankill Road in Belfast as Orange Order members celebrate the 12th of July

Carrying a sign that reads, “Cows Pay the Real Price of Milk”, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) “comedy cow” crashed a protest held by dairy farmers in Westminster today to remind them that the white stuff causes a lifetime of hardship for cows and spells a death sentence for male calves. Agriculture Minister Jim Paice – who earlier today admitted he did not know the price of milk – was due to address the event alongside NFU president Peter Kendall and representatives from NFU Scotland, NFU Cymru, Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) and Farmers for Action. Like all mammals, cows give milk only during or after pregnancy. In order to produce milk on a continual basis, farmers forcefully impregnate them every nine months. Their babies are immediately taken from them – causing intense distress to both cow and calf – and they are then re-impregnated. Cows used for their milk suffer from agonising ailments, including mastitis – an extremely painful udder infection caused by drugs and over-milking – and lameness from carrying too much weight on their frames. They are usually shipped off to slaughter at a fraction of their natural life span. Not only is dairy production a living nightmare for animals, it also has a severely detrimental effect on the environment, both locally and nationally. A recent United Nations report concluded that a global shift toward a vegan diet is necessary to combat the worst effects of climate change. “While farmers are busy protesting the cost of milk, it’s cows who are paying the ultimate price”, says PETA Senior Programmes Manager Yvonne Taylor. “By switching to more profitable, sustainable and humane crops, dairy farmers would be helping themselves and cows.” For more information, please visit PETA.org.uk.

A demonstrator bleeds as she is detained by the riot police during a coal miners’s march to the Minister of Industry building in Madrid, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Coal miners angered by huge cuts in subsidies converged on Madrid for protest rallies after walking nearly three weeks under the blazing sun from the pits where they eke out a living.

The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts (L-R) pose in front of The Marquee Club in London in this handout photograph received by Reuters on July 11, 2012. The picture was taken by photographer Rankin to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Rolling Stones’ first ever live performance on July 12, 1962 at the iconic venue on London’s Oxford Street. An exhibition of photos from Rolling Stones 50 will be held at London’s Somerset House from July 13 to August 27.

A man checks belongings of drug addicts at a state run drug addict rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Dozens of drug users were collected from the city and were taken to a state run drug addict rehabilitation center in Kabul. Afghanistan produces most of the world’s opium.

A supporter of the British riders cheers as Bradley Wiggins of Britain, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, left, passes during the 10th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 194.5 kilometers (120.9 miles) with start in Macon and finish in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine, France, Wednesday July 11, 2012.

A woman mourns beside the coffin of her relative at the Potocari memorial complex near Srebrenica, some 160 kilometers east of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Thousands gathered at the Potocari memorial complex on Wednesday for the mass burial of 520 bodies, marking the 17th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.

Aiden Hunt plays in the mud pit during the annual Mud Day at Nankin Mills recreation complex in Westland, Michigan, USA, 10 July 2012. The mud pit contains 180 metric tons of clean fill dirt with 76,000 liters of water.

People stand in the middle of 42nd Street in New York’s Manhattan borough as the sun sets through the middle of the buildings during a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. Manhattanhenge, sometimes referred to as the Manhattan Solstice, happens when the setting sun aligns with the east-to-west streets of the main street grid. The term references Stonehenge, at which the sun aligns with the stones on the solstices in England.